Market Recap

August 2024 Market Recap

The S&P 500® Index returned 2.43% during August. As if a dream, or nightmare, August’s unexpected equity market decline drove volatility to crisis-era levels and ...
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July 2024 Market Recap

The equity market made it to the finish line in positive territory after a volatile month with a return of 1.22%. As a potential interest ...
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June 2024 Market Recap

With returns of -4.08%, 4.96%, and 3.59% in April, May, and June, respectively, the second quarter of 2024 started with a slump as the euphoria ...
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May 2024 Market Recap

The equity market rebounded from losses in April and reached a new all-time high after a 5.80% advance from the start of the month throug ...
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April 2024 Market Recap

The equity market was challenged in April as economic data and stickier than expected inflation pushed the U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed) further away from ...
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March 2024 Market Recap

The equity market’s 10.56% rally during the first quarter of 2024 resulted in the S&P 500® Index reaching a new all-time high. The S&P 500® ...
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February 2024 Market Recap

The equity market’s 5.34% rally during February led the S&P 500® Index to close the month at an all-time high. From the start of the ...
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January 2024 Market Recap

The equity market rally from the end of 2023 carried into January, although not without bumps along the way. From the start of the year ...
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December 2023 Market Recap

The S&P 500® Index returned 11.69% in the fourth quarter of 2023, with monthly returns of -2.10%, 9.13%, and 4.54% in October, November, and December, ...
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November 2023 Market Recap

The S&P 500® Index returned 9.13% in November, interrupting three consecutive months of decline and capping an impressive advance of 11.18% from its intra-quarter low ...
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